OURO PRETO, BRAZIL
After spending the last three days in Ouro Preto, a beautiful colonial town of about 65K set in the hills of southcentral Brazil, I can´t help but be reminded of other beautiful colonial towns in Latin America, namely Oaxaca and Cuzco. With a Brazilan twist this place had it all; a great art scene, numerous cathedrals, and a sizable student crowd. Ouro Preto was also the first stop of what I hope to be many with a Servas host. And the first might just turn out to be the best. The whole family was out of town except for the father, so it was just the guys strolling the town. He showed me all the restaurants and banks which used to be the homes of his friends and family. We also could not walk two blocks without someone shouting greetings to him. It was really a special time.
PICTURE TIME:
Jose Enfêngio, my Servas host, and me in front of his latest lanscape painting of Ouro Preto.Some of the many cathedrals of Ouro Preto:
...And it´s off to Brasilia
2 comments:
How wonderful! It's so cool that you are staying with an artist painting murals.
The street scene makes me want to pick up and head to Brazil!
Love,
Leslie :-)
Man, it looks like everything is pretty awesome- I'm really happy that you are having a good time. Keep updating, it's great to live vicariously through you. By the way, the brews finally came to maturity, and we are pretty pleased with the results. We appreciate your sage guidance. We'll be checking in...
Clay
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